Question

Polaski Company manufactures and sells a single product called a Ret. Operating at capacity, the company can produce and sell 50,000 Rets per year. Costs associated with this level of production and sales are given below. Unit $15 Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Fixed manufacturing overhead Variable selling expense Fixed selling expense Total cost Total $ 750,000 400,000 150.000 350,000 200,000 300,000 $ 2,150,000 The Rets normally sell for $48 each. Fixed manufacturing overhead is $350,000 per year within the range of 42,000 through 50,000 Rets per year. Required: 1. Assume that due to a recession, Polaski Company expects to sell only 42,000 Rets through regular channels next year. A large retail chain has offered to purchase 8.000 Rets if Polaski is willing to accept a 16% discount off the regular price. There would be no sales commissions on this order; thus, variable selling expenses would be slashed by 75%. However, Polaski Company would have to purchase a special machine to engrave the retail chain's name on the 8,000 units. This machine would cost $16,000. Polaski Company has no assurance that the retail chain will purchase additional units in the future. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of accepting the special order? (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.) 2. Refer to the original data. Assume again that Polaski Company expects to sell only 42,000 Rets through regular channels next year. The U.S. Army would like to make a one-time-only purchase of 8,000 Rets. The Army would pay a fixed fee of $1.80 per Ret, and it would reimburse Polaski Company for all costs of production (variable and fixed) associated with the units. Because the army would pick up the Rets with its own trucks, there would be no variable selling expenses associated with this order. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of accepting the U.S. Army's special order?

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SOLUTION 1: Selling Price for special order $48 - ($48*16%) $48 - $7.68 $40.32 Computation of profit from special order - Polaski company 5 6 Particulars Amount $322,560.00 Sales (8000 $40.32) Variable Cost: Direct material (8000*$15) Direct labor (8000*$8) Variable manufacturing overhead (8000*$3) Variable selling expenses (8000*S$4*25%) Contribution Additional fixed cost of machine 7 8 $120,000.00 $64,000.00 $24,000.00 $8,000.00 $106,560.00 $16,000.00 10 11 12 13 14 15 $90,560.00 Financial advantage (disadvantage) 16 17 18 19 SOLUTION 2: Selling price for Special order Total product cost Fixed Fee ($15+ $8 + $3 + $7) + $1.80 = $34.80 20 21 Computation of profit from US Army order - Polaski company 22 Particulars Amount Sales (8000*$34.80) Variable Cost: Direct material (8000*$15) Direct labor (8000*$8) Variable manufacturing overhead (8000*$3) Contribution Additional fixed cost $278,400.00 23 24 $120,000.00 $64,000.00 $24,000.00 $70,400.00 $0.00 25 26 27 28 29 30 $70,400.00 Financial advantage (disadvantage) 31 32 33 SOLUTION 3: 34 Contribution margin per unit on regular sales $48 - ($15+$8+$3+$4) = $48 - $30 = $18 per unit Computation of profit from US Army order Polaski company 35 36 Particulars Amount $278,400.00 Sales (8000 $34.80) Variable Cost: Direct material (8000*$15) Direct labor (8000*$8) Variable manufacturing overhead (8000*$3) Contribution Less: Loss of contribution from regular sale (8000*$18) 37 38 $120,000.00 $64,000.00 $24,000.00 $70,400.00 $144,000.00 39 40 41 42 43 44 -$73,600.00 Financial advantage (disadvantage) 45 46 47 Sheet399 (3) et980 Sheet986 Sheet424 (5) Sheet1074